oh, happy times for you all! excellent. it's wonderful to meet up with people who turn out to really be friends. that's when this interworld works right. i've read a bit about the cyclists, it's a monumental trip. i', glad you got to hang out together. and that smile on your kiddo!

Hi Ronnie, a little more 'chewing the fat'. We just read something this morning that gives a little more context to one of our discussions. In her book Wanderlust (Penguin, NY 2000, p28.) Rebecca Solnit articulates why, for those drawn to action after what could only be described as the coward years, postmodernism is now a mere historical entry in the linage of western philosophy, its currency increasingly outmoded in an unfolding era of rerualisation, falling affluence, climate change and energetic powerdown:

"The body described again and again in postmodern theory does not suffer under the elements, encounter other species, experience primal fear or much in the way of exhilaration, or strain its muscles to the utmost. In sum, it doesn't engage in physical endeavour or spend time out of doors. The very term "the body" so often used by postmodernists seems to speak of a passive object, and that body appears most often laid out upon the examining table or in bed. A medical and sexual phenomenon, it is a site of sensations, processes, and desires rather than a source of action and production."

It is indeed a time of action again. Thanks for posting. It was so lovely to have this time together.

What a wonderful visit! I must read more about this family. I especially like the comment they have added above. The coward years! Yes! Postmodernism - huh! And did Zero just sit there on the bike or was there a seat belt? Yikes! Brave puppy.

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